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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2248.
CHARLESTON, FJRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1873.
EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR.
THE PALMETTO PARLEY.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S REPLY TO TSE
SOUTE CAROLINA COMMITTEE.
He Can't Come South This Year, but
Maybe will do so Nsxt Yen r-Then He
Whisks Off to New York-General
NOTTS and Gossip at the Capital.
I BT THB SOOTHE UN AND ATLANTIC LINE,]
WASHINGTON, March 27.
Senators Robertson and Patterson, of South
Carolina, with Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves,
Spite Senator Swabs, and Representative Hur
le^-.ot the State Legislature, a committee ap?
pointed by the Suuth Carolina Legislature io
Invite the President to go South, had an in?
terview with the President this morning, and
warmly urged bim to pay a visit to the South?
ern States. The President said it was impos?
sible to go South this spring, but hoped to do
so a year hence.
Bot notwithstanding the pressure or public
business the President, accompanied by Mrs.
Grant and Miss Neille, will leave far New
York to-night, to be absent several days. The
visit ls a private and not an official one.
Th? Democrats Quiet.
The widely published statements purport?
ing to give full accounts of conferences of
Governor Hendricks, ot Iadiana, with lead?
ing Democratic senators lor the purpose ot
forming a new party organization appears to
be pure lubrications. Tbe majority of the
Democratic senators bave been spoken to on
tbe subject, and they say thar, although they
talked ireefy with Governor Hendricks while
he was here, he made no such oppositions to
them.
Excessive Fees.
The following circular was issued to-day.
"Collectors and other officers of customs
are notified that tbe department has discover?
ed that fees are exacted in excess of those
prescribed by law lor certificates of invoices.
A fee ol only twenty cents should be charged
for a certificate to the duplicate invoice for?
warded to the collector as a verification ot the
original document.
"(Signed) W. A. RICHARDSON,
Secretary."
Financial Notes.
For the purpose of preventing any fut ther
isane of the $44,000,000 reserve and to mase as
favorable a debt statement as possible for the
month of March, the Treasury Department
has suspended the payment of ali warrants of
any magnitude until alter the first of April.
The indications are that the large disburse?
ments made during March will cause au In?
crease of the public debt for the current
month. The Secretary ol the Treasury bas
announced a purpose to reduce the outstand?
ing of legal tenders to the minimum amouutof
$300,000.000 as soon as practicable.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
STOCKTON. CAL.. March 27.
The harbormaster of this place has been
found In the streets with his skull fractured
and robbed.
KANSAS CITT, MO., Mirch 27.
John S. Barris, late postmaster at this place,
and later cashier ol the German Savings Bank,
burned and robbed the latter Institution. He
was arrested on a charge of arson and rob?
bery, and released on ball of $20,000.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., March 27.
Scranton <fc Co., bankers, have suspended.
PEEKSSrLL, PA., M ireh 27.
A man here attempted to murder his wife,
yesterday, and thea hanged himself.
PORTSMOUTH, VA., March 27.
The schooner Ada has beeu sunk off the
coast. Her crew were saved.
MILWAUKEE. March 27. 1
Three children were cangai by the prairie :
fires, near Read's Landing, and burued to \
death.
CAMFBELLVTLLE, TAYLOR CO., N. Y.. )
, March 27. J
The greater portion of this town ls burned.
' A PINCHE A CK THREAT.
NEW ORLEANS, March 27.
The colored Republicans here have passed
resolutions endorsing Judge Darell and Presi?
dent Grant, bat expressing pain at the sen?
ate's fallare to seat Pincbback. They also
threaten the secession of Its colored Repre?
sentatives, unless the party Is treated better
by>Congre83._
THE WEATHER THIS DAY.
' ' WASHINGTON, March 27.
Probabilities: For the Gull States on Friday
falling barometer, rising temperature, south?
ern Winds, Increasing possibly lo brisk, and
partially cloudy weather, except on the West?
ern Gull coast, where threatening and possi?
bly rainy weather Is probable. For the South
Atlantic' States Increasing southeasterly
winds, followed by cloudy weather on Frtd ?y
night. For the Middle states falling barome?
ter, southerly winds, partially cloudy and
hazy weather._
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-Ex-United States Seuator Dixon, ot Con?
necticut, ls dead, aged fifty-eight.
-Rear admiral John B. Mouigomery, U. S.
N., ls dead.
-Boss Tweed has at tact given up the fight
and resigned his imperilled seat in the New
York Senate.
-The Petracyl vania Legislature bas appro?
priated a round million for the Philadelphia
centennial celebration In '76.
-The eight boor ferment in New York is in?
creasing rapidly, and trouble Is likely to re?
sult.
-Over one hundred thous ind dollars have
been subscribed la New York to re-establish
the Bullhead Bank.
-Two "aawdusi" or counterfeit money swin?
dlers In New YorK were yesterday sentenced
to one year's Imprisonment und one thousand
dollars fine each.
-The street ruffians are catching it in the
New York courts. John Maloney, who last
week committed highway robbery, was yes?
terday sentenced to Aileen years' imprison?
ment.
-The government printing office in Wash?
ington ls pressing forward its work with all
possible haste, so i bat the Public Documents
may be sent out before the franking privilege
expires.
-The Massachusetts Legislature will not for
gise Sumner lor bis good will io the South as
expressed In bis proposed measure about the
army flags. That body yesterday refused lo
rescind the r?solut ion of censure passed
against bim last year.
-Bidwell, the alleged Bank of England for?
ger, remains In close confinement at Havana,
cut off from all communication with others.
Permission has been refused bim to consult
counsel, and the authorities have made ar?
rangements, subject to the sanction ot the
borne government, to send the prisoner back
to London as eoou as the British officers ar?
rive to take charge of bim. Orders to that ef?
fect are dally expected from Madrid.
THE SALARY STEAL.
Honorable Conduct of thc Connecticut
Congressmen.
(Washington Correspondence N. V. Tribune !
All ol the members of Congress from Con?
necticut have n aided Sergeant at-Arms Ord
way that they do not wish Mm to draw the
sums due them out ot irtb iam -us "salary
steal," as lt ls their intention not to take me
money. This officer has also received other
notifications ol like character from members
whose names will be Kept secret, and he says
other members have drawn me coney and
deposited It la the county treasury of their
county, to be applied in payment of taxes
About thirty, members wlit take this course,
and keep the tact to themselves for the pres?
ent. This appears to be ihe only manner in
which members can refund the rooney equita?
bly. If lt ls relamed to the treasury it be?
comes the property ot the government, going
to the whole people and not to the taxpayers
in the member's dlsiricr, even to euch extent
as to help make up toe sum paid to other
members who refuse to make restituiion.
There will be at least a dozen bills Introduced
on the first day of the next SHSSIOD, reduclog
the salaries of members of Congress to the old
figure, when those who have quietly disposed
ol their portion of the steal, as above Indica?
ted, will have a chance to be heard. Nobody
supposes, however, that any such bill will pass.
THE BROOKLYN MURDER MYSTERY.
Latest Theory of the Tragedy.
The New York papers are still engaged la
sp?culaiing upon thu mysterious death of
Charles Goodrich, the wealthy property owner
of Brookbn, whose body was lound in a base?
ment room of one ol his buildings In the latter
city on Friday last, his head being pierced
with three bullets. Tne Brooklyn Eagle con?
tains the lollowing llieory :
That Mr. Goodrich was murdered not by a
burglar or thiel, but by a person who had some
other mot ire than that of robbery, and that
the murderer was a woman. Tnat the man
committed suicide is next to Impossible. Ihe
plxtol was lound on bis right side. Tn?re are
three wounds, two ul which are on the left
side ot the head, and either of which would
have caused insensibility. Ou thu right side
is auother wouud. To have shot himself on
the lett side with his right hand would
bare beeu almost out ol tue question,
owing to the location ol the wound? and the
direction of the tulls as traced In the skull
upon the post-mortem. To have been suffl
ciently seuslble and so persistent alter intilcl
lng the two wounds on the left side as to have
passed ihe pistol lulo the right hand and in?
flict auother wound in the right side of the
head ls altogether beyond ail precedent of
human endurance ami suicidal persistence.
The man was shot Irom behind first, with
his own pistol, In the hands ot anotner per?
son. This shot look effect behind the left ear,
and stunned the man, who could not si rugate
with uny nerve. The next shot entered his
lett temple. The third grazed his forehead,
and the iourth, he having turned around as
the murderer came around him, took effect
on the right side ol the head. He then fell,
and be tell where be lay for some lime with
his bead upon the marble floor near the
beater, where a large spot ot blood was
:"ourid. He wa9 afterward moved by his mur?
derer, so that his head lay upon the boots as
he was found. He was not kided tor bis mo?
ney, although his pocketbook was taken for
the immediate necessities of his murderer.
But hu was killed as the result ol a quarrel
with a woman, who was either Jealous of him,
or whom he had refused to marry. This ls
the theory of the reponer, a nd it will be lound
to be essentially correct ii the truth shall ever
tully be determined.
In support of tais theory facts are elven
showing that Goodrich, who boarded in New
York, had tor some months last summer been
in the habit of absenting himself for several
days together lu Brooklyn; that he was there
seen repeatedly In Intimate companionship,
generally on the stoop of a house in D.-graw
street, two houses from the one In whlcn his
body was lound, with a woman of graceful
appearance, having blonde bair abundantly
curie'1; that during the fall and winter they
were uot seen together, lut that the woman
was seen on the sireels UL unseasonably
early hours, und more iban once during the
preaeut mouth earning out of the basement
where the murder was committed, and where
Goodrich lodged; lhat In February a souffle
was beard In the basement room, aud a
woman's voice crying (or mercy, indicating ,
that ih.re had been set ions trouble. In ibe
meantime another woman appears on the
scene in Brooklyn, and ibis one, it seems,
was engaged io be married lo Goodrich. Tne ,
drat woman writes several k iters, one lo tne
father ot Goodrich, claiming that she is
already married to him, .iud that a child is
tbe fruit of ihe union, though the marriage ,
may have beeu of an illegal character. This ,
gives the clue to the mjsiery. Whether the ,
one or the other commuted the deed ls lu
question. The New York Times, leaning lo ,
the theory that ine discarded woman is the j
murderer, says: ,
'.Alter Mr. Goodrich's alleged engagement
lo the secoud lady the visita of UM drat be? ?
rame lar less frequent, PO far as can be ascer- j
tamed. Uer last visit is believed lo have been ?
made on the night of the murder. She was {
seen leaving Ihe house on Thursday morning,
between halt-past live and hall-past six o'clock. ,
Mr. Goodrich left Ihe house early lu ihe day, ,
and did not return until alter ten o'clock at ?
night. As all tbe doors were locked, lt ls bul ,
reasonable to suppose that il Hie woman re?
turned to the houee it must . have been utter ;
that hour. Die dt talla of the neath are of \
course unknown. Ia this respect it ls easily
comprehended by tbe Incident ot the letter ,
how completely the theory ol the complicity ,
of tbe woman coincides with the facia already
ascertained. lu view of these fads lt ls not
difficult to Imagine ber pleading lor herself
nod the memory ol her child. her appeal for
recompense by a legal mun l?ge, his refusal,
tben her demands lor money. It is also easy j
to imagine the relusal of Goodrich io com* [
plywitn her demands, th?n Hie wild unger
ot a wronged aid plighted woman, ihe I
snaicned-up pistol, the firing of Ihe shots, and i
Goodrich's lat! io (he fl jor. Then the cou- <
sciousuess ol her ucl, ihe return ol tue Un- '
gering love she bore him, her hope th it be 1
might have Hie left, the procuring of the '
towel with which she wiped the blood from i
bis face, the discovery that he was dead, the i
woman's horror, lear, an 1 flight by the front i
ball doui, which she closed behind her, leav- i
ing the ho 'se nil fasiened, us ll was lound,
probably a lew hours afterward. All Ibis can 1
be well imagined." i
A telegram from New York, yesterday, gives !
another twist to the tangled web of doubts ,
overhanging the case, as lollows: i
The Goodrich mystery is yet unsolved. It j
ls staled ibat the building of a row of brown-ff
Btone frouts on Degraw s'reet, Brooklyn, io- :
volved the supposed murdered man heavily ?
In debt, and that he ls not wealthy, as at hr.-1
supposed. It appears that the so-called bloody
Bhirt lound lu the bouse where Ibe murder .
was committed had no blood n tal ns whatever
on lu and had no buttons turn off, but was
simply soiled. The chief of police of Brook?
lyn still holds t) the theory that Goodrich
commuted suicide, and that the cause was i
financial embarrassment. i
OUR SOUTB ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. ]
Georgia. i
-Savannah Masonic Hail is fast approach- 1
ing completion. It ls a very floe struct ure.
-A prize tight beiweeu two Savannah 1
sailors ls looked tor at. an early day.
-The body ot Wm. Purdue, who was I
drowned In the Savannah River, February 27, I
hus been found. i
-The lug Christiana has been thoroughly '
repaired, aud la now aolng service on the Sa?
vannah River. I
-The membeis of the Arkwright Amateur
ABBOClatioo, ol Savannah, want Borne young
ladies lo figure In their dramas.
-The German Volunteers, of Savannah, '
will celebrate tbe first of May by a march, an
oration, and some sport at their park.
-The remains or Rev. Father T. J. Kirby i
reached Augusta from Baltimore on Tuesday,
and weie taken in charge by the Catholic
SOCletleB for interment.
-At a recent meeting ol the St. John Bap?
tist T. A. B. Society, of Savannah, the lollow?
ing officers were elected: The bishop, presi?
dent; J. R Dillon, vice-president; A. J. J.
Riols, secretary; John Kelly, treasurer; M. J.
Gibbous, marshal; Titos. Houlihan, standard
bearer; J. Kane, aoorkeeper.
North Corolin ii.
-Charlotte Is io have "a perfect little gem
ol a theatre."
-Charlotte's Central Hotel ls fast approach?
ing completion, and will bo the finest in the
State.
-Some buildings, belonging to Mr. W. J.
Yates, o? Cuarlotte, were burned In Fayette?
ville, on Sunday last.
-Robert K. Reid, M. D.. of Abbeville, S. C..
bas been elected proressor ol anatomy by the
lacuity ot the Wilmington College of Physi?
cians and Surgeons.
-Governor Caldwell has Issued his procla?
mation, offeriug a reward ol iwo hundred dol?
lars for ihe arrester Sam Perry alias Moses
Perry, charged with murdering bis wife near
Burgaw, lu Wilmington County, a few weeks
-The mall train on tho Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad, which left the former place
on Tuesday night, encountered a broken rall
on the trestle at the north prong of Town
Creek, ihree miles north of Joyner's. The
engine Jumped the obstacle, but the first and
second-class cars were hurled off Into the
water below. The sleeping car, in which the
moat of me ladleB were, escaped. The rall
was oroken by the two A. M. southern freight
train. Conductor Howell and Prentiss, ex?
press messenger, were slightly wounded.
Four colored men were more or less injured.
THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN.
ALLEGED ABDICATION OF DON CAB
LOS IN FAVOR OF BIS SON.
The New Republic In a Bad Way and
Invoking Sympathy and Assistance
MADRID. March 27.
The Imparclal announces that Don Carlos
has abdicaied his claims lo the Spanish throne
In favor of his soo, under the regency of Don
Alphonso. General Cabrera has been appoint
ed to the supreme command ol the Carliste
in Spain.
The Cabinet lia? Issued a circular claiming
the assistance and sympathy of all parties In
the country In its conflict with ihe Carlista.
The latest Intelligence regarding Ihe move
ments of Don Carlos, the leader In "the Spanish
Insurrectionary movement, states he has lett
Spain and gone lo Geneva, Switzerland.
The vice-president of the Cuban insiirrec
tlonary committee, who has been In l\irls for
some lime past, attempting to obtain ene re
cognition oi Cuba us u belligerent power, lefi
here yesterday, en route for Cuba.
LONDON, March 27.
Count Arthur Yon BeerueloiT, the German
amoassador to the British court, died In this
city last evening from dropsy, Irom which he
has been suffering for aome time past.
The steamship Great Western, from Bristol
for New York, went ashore at Blackmore.
JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE.
-Newberry is to erect a monument to the
viotims ot the Lost Cause.
-The opening of spring has given a fresh
impetus to building in Orangeburg.
- Captain Silas Bay, ot Abbeville, recently
reported dead, ia in the best of health.
-General McDowell is now inspecting the
Spartanburg military post.
-Captain E. C. Green is to establish an Ice?
house al Sumter.
-One hundred and thirty sacks of guano
arrived at the Abbeville depot Tuesday.
-J. M. Davis, of Abbeville, has Invented a
new fire extinguisher.
-Epizootic reigns in Sumter. Three horses
have already died.
-Wm B. Peterson, a typo io the Abbeville
Medium office, died on Saturday last, aged
twenty-two.
-The recant promenade concert for the
benefit ot' the Baptist Church in Columbia,
brought in $735.
-Henry Buff, an aged colored man, of New?
berry, was thrown from a horse last week and
instantly killed.
-Il ls stated that Ihe Newberry cotton mer?
chants lost heavily by Hie falling of Hie price
la colton.
-It ls estimated that Iwo thousand tons of
fertilizers have been disposed ot In the Spar
tanburg market during the present season.
-A little son ol Mr. A. J. Moses, of Sumter,
was thrown from a buggy, lasi Friday even?
ing, but escaped auy laial Injury.
-Prof. Reynolds delivered his lecture, ''Ob?
servation and Reflection the Source of all
Knowledge,'' in Sumter, on Tuesday evening,
lo a crowded audience.
-Tne Eighteenlh Inlanlry band serenaded
Colonel Eugli8h, of tue Second United States
[nfaitry, in Columbia, on Tuesday evening
last.
-Orangebnrg's "first picnic of tho season"
ivas held at Sunny-Side on Tuesday last. The
lay was spent in various amusements, croqnet,
fcc, and wound up with a good dinner.
-Savannah Williams, a colored girl living
: o Mr. Sheppard's plantation in Edgefield, lately
filled her cousin, named Isaac Williams, with
i dagger. Q
-Tue Walker Hous^ at 8parlanbtire has
wai renled lo Mr. Clayton, ol Hie Central
Solei In Columbia, and Is undergoing repairs
ireparalory to Its being occupied at an early
tay.
-A new PO?Ioffice, by the name of Ashton,
with Mr. D. Keels as postmaster, has been
tBtabiished six miles below Lynchburg, In
Sumter County, on the route lrom Lynchourg
co New Zion Postofllce, Clarendon.
-At a town election held at Midway, on Ihe
W. b instant, the following officers were re?
elected: L. A. Burke Intendant; H. Berk
man, Ural warden; John L. Beare, second war?
ien; W. W. Ellzey. third warden; B. W. Mid?
dleton, fourth warden.
A NATURAL ERIDGE HOAX.
The Southern Cjlleglau of March 8, con?
fided by some amateur young Journalists ol
Washington and Lie Uuiverslty, Lexington,
Va., hsB published au account ol quite a
prodigy at Hie lamons Natural Bridge In Rock
Drliige C unit y. ol winch L-xlugton ls the
Minny seat. l\w account repret-eulei that
wonderful structure as slowly consuming,
the writer suggesting that electricity
was the cause, and calling upon i-rotes
sor Cumpbell, ol tue Lexingiou Univer?
sity, f r un explanation. A note Is
then subjoined, purporting lo come
lrom Professor Campbell, and signed by his
name, In which he Btu es that targe assures of
the limestone of Ihe bridge are Ailed with a
Kind ot bltumlnons coal or asphallum, and
lives chemical reasons lor ihe combustion.
Hie paper containing Hie story was sent to us
Baralullj marked, some lime since, bul we as
jareluliy abstained from noticing lr. Several
josophisllcaled Journal* have been burned
av the Natural Bridge conflagration, and it ls
going io me Non hern pre<>e.
REPUBLICS AND MONARCHIES.
\ European Opinion of President
Grant's Views.
[From the London Times, Marche.]
We are unable to share the "firm convie
lion expressed by Presldeut Grant "(bat the
civilized world Is tending toward Republican
Ism," and thai ihe great Amerlc in Republic 1B
"destined lo be the guiding-star of all other
countries." In one seuse the civilized world
has always been tending In the direction of
Republicanism. The most civilized Stales of
antiquity, until very shortly before the
Christian era, were In fact. Republic:), and the
Italian Republics ot' Ihe middle ages contrast
lavorably In science and the aits with Hie
[eudai monarchies ol ihe same period. A
fresh and more powerful lmuiilse was given
to Republicanism by Its establishment and
succecB In the Uulted Stales. France hastened
to lollow ann improve Hie example, and though
on the whole constitutional monarchy and
Imperialism have prevailed in ihe struggle
winch began with the French revolution,
.'the Republic," as lt ls absurdly called, la In
Hie ascendaut just now bolh In France and
Spain. On ihe other hand, not only have
men learned to recognize the vices and weak?
ness Inherent In Republicanism where politi?
cal virtue does not rise above Hie ordinary
level, but it bas also been discovered lhall all
the chief beuedls of Republicanism may be
obtained under a monarchy. There ls no
Republican party wotlliy ol the name in
England, because lt is almost impossible to
conceive any republican privilege wulch the
country would enjoy under a presiden;,
which lt could not have, if lt chose, under a
prime raiulster to-morrow. The same may
be said ot' Haly; and it Spain thinks proper
lo maintain the existing Republican Govern?
ment tbeie may be lees order, but lhere
cannot be more llnerty lhau Spaniards en
Joyed under Klug Amadeus. As lor Presi?
dent Gram's allegation that under a republic
ihe United States are enabled to dispense
with large armaments, it must surely be ob?
vious that a monarch In Ihe same geograph
cal position could do the sume. Meanwhile,
every day's experleuce illustrates afresh the
supreme advantage of a monarchy-the ad?
vantage of the higheet social position of Hie
State belog preserved from becoming a con?
stant lure to political ambition. M. Gambella
lately told au American visitor that France
had no special admiration tor the ss Stem Of
elective judges as tested In the United 8tates.
It has yet io be seen whether France herself
will endure a periodical competition lor an
elective presidency; and, lo Bpite of the large
German population of America, we doubt
whether even German Republicans would de?
sire to Impon this German institution Into
Qermany. Tnat Presidential elections, with
the consequent alvlslon of the spoils, have
not utterly demoralized tbe Uulted States,
proves the capacity of the American people
for self-government and the healthy vigor of
their municipal life. That enormous corrup?
tion and other evils flow directly from ibis
source ls notorious, especially Just now; and
lt ls by no means sen-evident that Republi?
canism ls worth purchasing at euch a prue.
THE DEBT OF THE WORLD.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : '-It may be
useful, at tbe present moment, when our at?
tention ls being prominently directed to our
own expenditure, to reflect upon tbe burdens
under which other nations are unhappily
groaning. It ls not a very easy matter to
discover (he actual Indebtedness ol either Eu?
rope or the world; but ll is possible to give an
approximate estimate ot the total liabilities of
continental nations. There are seven Euro?
pean nations which owe upwards of ?100,000,
000 eacb. They are :
Great Britain'.?793,000.000
France.?745,000,01)0
ltal>. 3dO.000.000
Ras?la.3S'>,ooo,ooo
Austria. 306.000,000
-pain. 261.000 000
Turkey. l24,oco,oou
Total.??.044.000 ooo
.rois ia tbe lowest estimate or tbe French
debt, sume authorities place lt at ?960,Ooo,O0O.
"The debt ot the German Empire amounts
to a little over ?26,000,000. The different
Slates composing it. however, owe in ibe
aggregate about ?173,000,000. The liabilities
01 the Empire mav. therefore, be probably
placed at about ?208,000,000. The debts of the
eight most heavily encumbered European
countries mav in this way be raised to about
?3,162,000,000 !
" I'here are six other countries In Europe
which owe their creditors more than ?10,000,
300. but less than ?100.000,000. They ure:
Holland .? 80.000,000
Portngiil. 64.bG?,ooo
uelglum. vT.ooo.ooo
[?'reece. is ooo ooo
rtoumauia. 13,00u ooo
Denmark. 12,0u0,000
Total.?214 OOO 000
"These six countries, then, add ?214,000,000
.0 our previous total, and raise toe national
labilities of Europe to ?3.3G6,000,000. It j
ntist be remembered lhat we have excluded
rom this category ail fractions of a million,
ind the debts or ail States whicb owe less
han ?10,000.000.
'The debiB or the rest of the world are hap
lily much smaller than mose ot Europe, but ?
?ven these ure considerable. America o?
tourne heads the list. Ihe different Ameri?
tan States owe:
Jutted Mates.??33,000,000
Irazll. 67.000,000
;anada. Sl,00n,ooo
trgeutiue Republic. nurnoo JG
'OUI Z Jeld. 16 000,000
?em. 12,000.000
lex,co. 10,000.000
Total.?i73,000.000
"Asia lollows America at a considerable
listar.cn. Her chief debts are:
Irltlsb India.?108.000,000
apau. 27.000,000
Total.?135,000.000
''Our di livrent Amurallan Colonies owe In
he aggregate ?33,00(1,000. Tne chief African
lebts are those ot
?gypt.?28.C00,OO0
lorocco. lu.Ooo 000
'apetown. 1,000,000
Total.?39,000,000
"Toe chief debts, Iben, In each of ihe Ave
[reat divisions of the world amount In the
ggregate to the Ioho wing sums:
?uiope.?3,400.000,000
tm er i ca. 678 000.000
fla. 136,000,000
L?rica. 89.0O0,. oo
i usn al as ta. C8,ooo,ooo
-
Total.?4,185,000 000
"If we add only ?15,000,000 to this total for
ninor omissions, we ure compelled to coti?
llion that the nations of the world owo their
reddon ?4,200.000,000-a- sum which at near
f 4J per cent, must involve a charge of ?189.
OO.uoO a year. The figures aro so stupendous
hat lt is hardly possible lo comment on them,
tut lt ls a suggestive circumstance that with
lerhais three exceptions-the United StaUs.
ferme ny and ourselves-all these countries
ire iteadlly increasing their debts. The
;reater portion ot them have been created
vlthln the memory ol Ibu present generation; j
he great maj THY of them are rising still with
i rapidity which is adding uuuually hundreds
if minions to the national liabilities of the
rorld."
OUR COTTON HILLS.
>perations of the Langley Mill During
1872-A Highly Satisfactory Exhibit.
Tue Langley C Hon Mill, situated near
liken, ls rapidly loomiug up as one ot ibe
mading establishments of the kind lo the
louth. The stockholders met at the mill, on
Wednesday, when President W. C. Sibley, of
lUgusta, made a report showing the opera
ions of Ihe company lor the past twelve
aonlhs. Tue following extracts cover the
aore interesting portions of the report:
As required of me, I bund you herewith
laiauce sheet of the company for ihe year
ndlug December 31, 1872. showing net earn
ngs for the year $62,233 30. When we met
ne j ear ugo, lor the ?rst lime, the mill re
uru showed all the machluery at work, and
non, y aller a dull teas JU Bet in for goods,
nd having no regular customers, we accum?
ulated, by the 16th of August, 1000 bales
?oods, walch we sold for no profit, but In
lolng so we were compensated by procuring
mme of tte best customers we now have for
mr goods. Od tbe 6th ot January, 1872. we
lad only 216 looms lu operation, making only
0 yards per loom per day. For the six months
rom January to July, 1872, we averaged In
iperatlon 288 looms, producing dally an
verage of 47 14-100 yards per loom per day.
?rom July 1 lo December 31, 1872, we aver?
red In operation 300 looms, producing dally
a average ol 62 61-100 yards per loom. When
ou consider thal we commenced 1872 with
n y two-thirds of our machinery lu opera
ion, and that all was not started until tbe
irst quarter of tbe year hud expired, and that
io Bold three months' production at cost, and
laid over ten thousand dollars for Interest
urlng the year, which alone was more than
j? per cent, on our capital, I think you will I
.amit thal ihe mill did well for 1872, earning,
s you perceive, over 13 per cent., and which
nus really made on the profit from eight
nouihs' buBlness.
Our product tor 1S72 was as follows:
Pieces. Pounds, Yards.
.4 Standar s. 27.157 382,101 1,089,766
?4 A. 39,178 634,8 .'4 1,670,806
-SA. 17,826 201,265 719,731
? IA. 13 276 121.830 633,414
L Drills. 8 ?66 1:12,195 867,404
1 Drills. 7.73D 110, ll 9 309 3r 6
114,?3l 1 489 414 4,580,4?
Ve consumed from January io Joly,
1872, 816,394 poul i's cotton ut
21 27-100.$180,028 00
uly lo December 2.st, 187.', ?)94,86o
pounds at 19 63-100. 176,659 06
'otal. 1.741,244 pounds. Average,
20 42-lUO. $365.637 06
For the first quarter of 1873 I have made a
.ireful estimule, and state without doubt that
ire shad pay the interest on money hoi rowed
aid make 1 jr Hie three months not IHSB than
Ix per ceut. on our capital We have lubored
mder disadvantages for ihe want of a work
ng cash capital. Hence, I do not recommend
toy dividend; but ii no uotoreseen misfortune
ivertakes us I think we can commence a
piarterly dividend In July of two and a hall
>er cent, und continue st thai until we real
ze a commercial capital adequate tor our re
pji remen ts.
During the year there have been erected lu
?ur village sixteen houses, of all kinds. Our
uQabllatita have Increased, and the popula-1
loo is now about eight hundred. A free
ichool has been established and the average
atendance is about sixty.
Our water power, owiug to loss of dam, has
>een expensive. We now have about eighteen
eel head, and from close observation I be- !
ieve lt strong, and apprehend no danger of
ls giving way. I am also satisfied ihat by
jutilng in strictly first-class sheels we have
imple power to drive as much more ma
?hlnery as we now have. I have already or
iered twenty-eight new looms, lour ol which
lave arr.ved and are now In operation.
By availing ourselves of all the power we
lave, and doubling our machinery, we can
jperate relatively at a less cost of production
than now.
I would therefore recommend that you eu
horlze the directors to Increase our capital
stock, when they deem lt expedient, to euch
in amount as will be necessary to enable us ,
Lo use all the power we have.
A REMARKABLE WILL CASE
A LEGAL FIGHT OVER A DEAD
WOMAN'S PROPERTY.
The Relatives of Denmark Vesey tn
Court - Auditor Bennett as a Will
Maker.
A curious aod complicated will case was de?
cided yesterday ia the Court of Common
Pleas, to which court lt had been taken by an
appeal lrom the decision of Probate Judge
Buist. The decedent was an old colored
woman by the name of Hannah Vesey, relict ot
one Denmark Vesey, a son of the notorlons
Denmark Vesey, who was the leading spirit In
the famous negro Insurrection of 1822, and who,
wliu twenty or thirty of his followers, paid
the penalty of his rash attempt upon the gal
lows during the administration of Governor
Bennett. She was always free, and be
lore the war was well known to most of 11
the residents of Charleston as a thrifty, well
to-do market woman, oooupylng a stall tn J
the city market, where she drove a flourishing I
trade In butter, cheese, eggs and poultry, In <
the course of whloh she amassed a very re-1 '
speotable competence, her property being es-1 <
tlmated to be worth,- at the beginning of the 11
war, some twenty thousand dollars. She
never had any children, and she appears to I t
have long ago bestowed her affections upon i
the four children of a sister of here, named
Blnah Gadsden, who waa then a slave belong-1 ]
lng to Mrs. Ann S. Smith. In 1837 she pur?
chased ibis sister and her four children, who (
are now grown up and narced respectively I '
Ann Matthews, Rosanna Holmes, Betsy Prloe c
and Titus Gadsden, aod brought up the ch il- (
dren, giving them some degree ot edu?
cation, although still keeping them in I
nominal servitude because lit was lmpossl- i
ble for ber, under the then existing laws, to [
make them free by a deed or emancipation.
She always manifested a considerable degree c
of affection lor these nleoes, and she appears I 1
to have endeavored, som: lime before the 11
war, to provide for their comfort and support 13
after her death. It was, of course, at that t
time Impossible for her to bequeath ber prop-1 '
erty to them either directly or through true- C
tees, for being slaves, they were not compe-1 {
tent lo hold any properly, and a wi il was .
drawn out at ber request by Colonel Wm.
Wbaley, io which she left all all her real and I {
personal estate, Including the nieces, ber I
slaves, to MeBsre. John Y. Slock, William C. I r
Bee, and the late Dr. Edward North, three
prominent and wealthy gentlemen o? this eli v, I JJ
and In whom she bed every reason to place the I ?
utmost confidence. It is hardly to be supposed, j j
however, that thlsbt quest from the humble I
market woman to these three wealthy gentle- I e
men was intended for their own enrichment, I
sod the more natural theory ls that Mrs. ?
Vesey meant thereby to place ber nieces in
kind hands -od thus lo provide for their com-1 (
fort and support after ber death. Anolber I ,
will of a similar nature was drawn for her by L
the same gentleman. Colonel Whaley, during I ^
Ihe early years of the war, somewhere about
the lime ol the battle of Secession ville, lor tbe I (
ola woman appeared lo have had a pen- l{
chant for will-making, but as neither ,
of these wills have been produced, the
supposition ls ibat she destroyed them
alter the war, when the emancipation of the j
alav?s and ihe consequent chances in the laws
left her more free lo follow ber own Inclina-1
lions and affections In the poslbumous dis
posai of ber properly. She then appears lo j '
have taken again io will making, ibis time J (
entrusting her indi raclions to Ihe new crop of I j
legal luminaries of ber own color who sprang
up after the war, and have flourished apace
ever since upon the proceed* of Just such I
cases aa this. In 1866 she called in General I
W. J. Whipper, to whom she gave Instructions
for a will, which he prepared and read over to 1
her, she being unable lo read or write, and IJ
which abe signed by her mark and preserved, j '
This will gave the principal ponton ot J
Ihe properly (0 her husbaud, Denmark I {
Vesey (since dead) and her nephew and I c
nieces, whom she bad bought and brought up, I ,.?
and left the remainder to Whipper. This will, I ?
however, was never produced, and ihe sup-1 j
position ls that the old woman, probably after 11
getting some better educated neighbor to read I ?J
lt over to her. destroyed this will, as she bad *
her two former ones.
At this lime Mrs. Vesey was the matron ol J
tbe Old Folks' Home, a wonhy Institution 1|?
where feeble or aged colored people are cared ^
for at tbe expense of tbe city, and she was j
thus brought Into official relations with Sam-11
uel L. Bennett, a colored man, who was then I u
connected with ihe Freedmen's Bureau, and I c
who IB now well known as the present county 11
auditor of Charleston County. She be-11
came wei! acquainted with him, and he Ic
soon became her general adviser, 11
factotum and mao of business. Ia March, 1870, I 1
Mr. Bennett, who was then a trial Justice, huv- I ^
lng bis office In Military Hall, Wentworth
street, called lo to bis office Ibree neighbors, I
Messrs. Wm. Robb, Thomas McCarthy and R. I v
M. Alexander, asking them to step In for a n
moment to witness a signature. There they j c
lound Mrs. Vesey seated wllh a paper lying on F
the table before ber, which she said, In an-1 *
swer to a question lrom Bennett, was her 1D
will, and which she signed by across mark, I ^
aller which Ihe three gentlemen affixed their
signatures as witnesses, not doubling but that I (
everything was corred and In due form.
Oo January 1st, 1872, the old woman died,
und was buried und dutifully mourned by her I
loving relatives r.ud expectant heirs, and as I 1
soon ar 'p..ouble lime had elapsed ibey J I
dried their tears and proceeded In a body to I ?
the office uf Trial Justice Bennett to attend 11
the ceremony ol reading the will. They were j C
received by Benneil with all due respect and *
sympathy, and furnished by him with a paper j
which they were told io take to the probate 1
Judge, George Buist, Esq., who would ac- 1
quainl ihem wllh the contents ot their ailee- ?j
tlunate relative's last will and testament. <
They accordingly proceeded to lhat gentle- j f
mau's office, presented the document with j
wblob they were armed, and seated themselves (
lu a little semicircle, with their clean hand-1 *
kerchiefs up to their eyes, ready, at the prop- J j
er moment, to bewail the loss of their generous 11
and beloved aunt. The will was read, but t
tbeir lamentations turned to astonishment |
and iheir while handkerchiefs were crammed I,
back to the pockets of their alpaca Babies, 11
when they found that to each of the nieces 11
was given a life use ol I wo rooms in certain I ?
small shanties in Hasel street, and to the I ?
nephew the sum ot twenty dollars In cash, I <
while to Mr. Samuel L. Bennett, who was ?
made sole executor, was bequeathed a valu- j
able residence on Spring street, which coa I
stltuted the most desirable portion of their '
venerable relative's estate. They departed ,
from tbe office of the probate Judge speech- 1
less with consternation, but Anding their
tongues by the time they returned to
j Bennett's office, they demanded of him,
i with no small agitation and vehemence, I
wbat waa the meaning of the extraordinary
will. Mr. Bennett blandly Inquired what
were the contents of tbe will, and they retort?
ed by asking how it was possible that he
hadn't known all about the will all the time.
AU this amounted to nothing, however, and
the disconsolate nephew and niece then pro?
ceeded to peur their sad recital into the pro?
fessional ears of Messrs. W h al ey h Ml nott,
who undertook to conduct their case before
the courts, and to restore them to tbeir heri?
tage.
Ihe case was then tried and argued be?
fore Probate Judge Buist, and bis decision
was n favor of the will. An appeal was
taken from tbla decision to the Court of Com?
mon Pleas, the grounds of the appeal being
as follows :
The paper propounded at the will of Han?
nah Vesey ought not to be admitted to pro?
bate
1. Because lt appears that the decedent
:ould neither read nor write, and there Is no
evidence ot knowledge ot the contents.
2. Because ibe proponent ls sole executor
md principal leeatee, and bad the conduct of
the execution of tbe paper propounded.
3. Because the proponent, who Is executor,
ind was the attorney, principal legatee and
san ot business of the deceased, ana that tbe
laper was either drawn hy him or one of bis
clerks, and there ls no proofs of Instructions,
'eadlng over or knowledge ot contents.
4. Because In the cases above mentioned
he onus probandi ls on proponent to show
lometblng beyond the ordinary execution and
utestation ot the paper.
5. Because the acknowledgment on the
)art of decedent that lt was her will, If proved
wmild be insufficient.
6. Because the paper was obtained by un
lue Influence, which may be Inferred lrom
.he facts mentioned In the first three grounds.
7. Because tbe will is unnatural and lnoffl
?ious, and the onus probandi ot knowledge o?
??rnenla and ot fairness is on the proponent.
8. Because so far as any evidence of knowl
idee appears it Is Inconsistent wllh ihe will,
ind the contestants have shown, BO far as the
ullng of the court admitted, declarations of
be decedent showing an entire want of
tnowledge ot the contents.
9. Because the circumstances [of suspicion
leveloped In this case, unexplained, areevl
lence that the will In this case waa obtained
brough iraud.
10. Because ihe decedent was advanced In
?ears, and her capacity was doubtful, and the
iroponent and legatee having drawn the will,
t was Incumbent on him lo prove knowledge
if the contents ol the will.
It will be seen that the theory of the con
estants was that ihe will was drawn up by
bennett; that the old woman had little or no
tnowledge of Ita contents, and that he bad
aken good eare to appropriate to himself the
nost valuable pan of the property. The case
?ame on for trial last Tuesday, and Bennett, i
vho was represented by Messrs. Whaley ?
mitchell, of course denied all these surmises
ind assenions of the contestants. The trial i
asted two days, and a very large number
>f witnesses were examined. Bennett 1
wore positively that he did not draw j
ip the will, but, on the other hand, i
l?verai experts gave lt as their opinion, 1
titer examining many papers written by him,
hat the whole will was in his handwriting,
fue history of Ihe old woman's life, her rela?
tons to the contestants, her former wills, Ac,
vere all elicited io the testimony, and, aller
?lab?rate arguments by counsel on both sides,
ind a clear and Impartial charge by Judge
}i om, the case waa given to tbe jury on
Wednesday" evening. Yesterday morning
hey rendered a verdict to the effect that the
)aper propounded was not the last will and
eslament of Hannah Vesey, and judgment
vas entered accordingly. The effect of this
lecislon will be lo restore the property to'the
?ephew and nelces, who are (he helrs-at-law,
tod who, after all their troubles, will now
?time Into possession by the due course of
aw.
HOTEL ARRIVALS-MARCH 27.
Charleston.
James Bulwlnkle, Frog Level, S C; Qulgnard
lleharuson and lady, Snmter; John A McDonald,
rohn M Whitton, w j Tolar. S B Tolar, Nt; RA
filcsa and la ly, N T; James F lzlar, Orangebnrg;
L Clarke, Baltimore; John W Tench, E 0 Mitch
ill, Union J w Weat, New Springe, S C; John
l.if. New York; O B Moore. Philadelphia; 0 Bi h
ip. Ohio; U L Pickman, Boston; Mrs Richardson,
IS Con vers, Snmter; S Q Curry and lady, Provl
lenee, R I; Mrs O B Goodrich, Charlestown, Mass;
Ilsa King, Miss Van Rensselaer, Mrs Vreden
mrg, New York; C Q Edwards, Tallahassee; An
Irew S Smith, Syracuse; A E Bontwell,
V 8 Duncan, Philadelphia; E H Ba'cheller,
tost?n; J B Dumble. Indian Spring, Ga;
no T Gilman, M D. and lady, Miss Cutler, Port.
?nd Maine; J no Bower, Godfrey Kiel) 1er, Thos ?
>nyder, HN Hirsch, Philadelphia; OJ Ir eh, Ohl ,
ago; DR Stockwell, Maine; Colonel Livingston,
acksonvllie; W B Forbes and lady, nurse and
wo children, Boston; D Baldwin and lady, Raitt
lore; D B Moses, New York; A Thorp, Fairfield,
?on ne? lc ut; W A Butler and lady, Detroit; G
lammersley, L O Hammersley, Sew York; Joseph
Ire wer, Boston; W A Miles and lady, t-allabnry,
lonnectlcut; O T Hotchkiss and lady, Master
lotchklss, J H McAvoy and lady, chicago; Albert
'a moo, Benj Walker, Worcester, Mass; T W
bambers, Allendale; Bogh Albert, -; Ro.
pert Douglas, Augusta; W s Duncan, Philadelphia.
Pavilion.
Lewis Weinberg, city; Alex White, Carn?a?
me, Ga; W A Jennings, Greenville; W W Melnar
lld, Florence; J. Bigga, Columbia; E Richmond,
narke County, Va; cL Bartlett, Colombia; WT
ower, Orangeburg; H Daly, City; W G Fuller,
lew Vor);; Jno H Meeker, Jr, Newark; Miss Sea
ian, New Orleans; L c Gorton, East Greenwich. ,
CHE GREAT METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
Commodore Vanderbilt's Half-Million
Dollar Donation.
[From the Western Methodist, Memphis.]
It IB wllh no ordinary gratification that we '
innounce t* our readers the reception of dia?
nne h es ai ibis efflce oa Tuesday last convey- 1
ng intelligence mat Commodore Vanderbilt,
pf New Turk, has given, through .Bishop Mc*
'yeire, $500,000 to the endowment lund of ibe
Central University of Ihe Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. The Central University be
fan to lake lorm at the convention held In
iemphls, January 21-27, 1872, uuder the aus
ilcea ot eight annual coherences. After
borough discussion the convention unanl
nously adopted the following resolutions, viz: :
L'hat ll shall consist at present of five schools
ir departments-viz.. a theological school
or the trainiug of o?r young preachers, !
vho, on application lor admission, sha 1
iresent a recommendation from a quarterly
>r annual conference, and shall have obtained
i standard ol education < qual to that required
br admission on trial Into an annual oonfer
?nce; and Instruction to them shall be free, I
joth in the theological and the literary and 1
identifie departments. Secoodly, a literary
ind scientific school. Thirdly, a normal (
ichool. Fourthly, a law school. Fifthly, a
nedlcal school That the sum of one million
lollars ls necessary In order to realize fully
.he object desired, and not less than five hun
ired thousand dollars must be secured as a
jondltlon precedent to lb? opening of any de?
triment of the university. The grand gift
31? commodore Vanderbilt completes . the
imount required under the acilen of the cou
feniloo of Memphis, and set forth in the char?
ier as a condition precedent to ihe opening ot
my department of the Geniral University.
The location ot the institu? lon is wisely com?
mitted to ihe College of Bishops, wbo in due
time will, as they have promised, perform ihe
duly laid upon them.
-A small colored boy, living on the planta?
tion of Mr. Jno. 8. Richardson, of Sumter, shot
himself fatally, the olher day, while handling
a loaded pistol. . ,
A NEW FRANKENSTEIN.
ALARMED AT THE ASPECT OF A
MONSTEB OF ITS OWN CREATION.
Tbe Wall ot a Party Organ-Prospec?
tive Rattling Among tne Republican
Dry Bone?-A "Vacuum in tbe Treas?
ury.**
As the best evidence of tbe sincere desire
ot THE NEWS to wash its hinds ol tte canning
conspiracy which is alleged to exist against
the prosperity sod the pocket ol the Republi?
can party of South Carolina, we reproduce
for the edification of Conservative readers tbe7'
latest blast of our perspiring yoong contem?
porary, the Columbia Herald, on the subject
ol ire Blue Bldge scrip:
[From the Colombia Herald, March 26.]
Tbe Inevitable Result.
Our contemporary, THE NEWS, considers lit
'.very tunny" thal we should regard the scrip'
as a'Democratic ambuscade, a trap set, a
branch limed to trip the advancing step of
the State administration. ?
Now, we bad proposed to say a word or two,
about the aot proper, to which we are lodebt-.
ed tor this peculiar obligation to pay one mil?
lion eight hundred tbonsand dollars more or"
less; but we shall once more endeavoPto en?
force the Idea, not that tbe Dem?crata'
originated the Boheme, but that they see
plainly enough Its financial effect upon the
lorin ces of the parly In power, and mat they
stand ready lo push the advantage to the ot
most.
The Republican party of this State have not
forgotten, and can never forget, the desperate
energy with wniob the Democracy, and more
particularly our distinguished NEWS, labored
.0 destroy the credit of the State and luduee
ne people to refuse to pay the taxes. This
was the fight in 1868. It was the beginning
)i that "war to the knlte, and the knife to the
lill," the hopelessness of whicb has Just been
realized by the opposition. Now, wost they
vere unable to compass, ve propose io aceom
)llsh for them in tne making and redeeming
)f this scrip. In other words, the death
aruggle through which we have successfully
passed ls to be renewed among ourselves, and
.be knife which we wrenched from the band'
y a Democrat ls to be plunged imo the heart
)f the party by the baud ot a Bepub ii can. We
sropose In our prosperity lo commit suicide.
Sow ? Plain enoutih; in this wise :
The coming decisions will verv soon make
receivable tor taxes and payable lor all de?
mands
J( bills Rank of the state, say..$2,000,000
Jf certlflcateB for loans from savings
inst itu lions say. 1,000,090'
jr revenue bond scrip (taking ror grant
id ne over Issue) say. 1,800,000'
Tbat is, total receivable for taxes and
payable for all demands, say.$4,800,000
Now tbe taxes ibis year, exclu Ive of thc
school appropriation, we understand, ls near?
ly all exhausted.
Next year, with the same tax, and three
mills besides- that ls, eighteen mills, exclu?
sive of whatever further tax*may be necessary
10 meet the Interest on tbe debt, If we nave
any-we will have at the utmost bul $3.294,000,
every cent o? which, enormous as the amount
Is, will be, ot course, paid Into the treasury In
inytblrg else than in greenbacks, because
lhere will .ba on tbe market, selling ak a
heavy discount, nearly five million dollars of :
these 'milis receivable."
Tne treasury will be lull ol vacuum, and a
desperate state of things wonld supervene,
which would compel the administration to do
one of three things, either of which would be.
fatal to its reputation. Toe stuffed treasury '
would bave to be relieved by retiring the
s iM fi" in bonds, and by Increasing the debt that
lar, which, without a vote of the people, ls,,
perhaps, against the recent amend me nu Ia
which case, there would be neither bl Wa nor
money, and a special tax wonld have to be
levied large enough to absorb, not only the
balaoce of stuff on the market, bot to supply
the bard cash to pay members' claims, et id
ovine genus-the ordinary expenses .of the
State Government. If this was not done, then
the stuff would have io be received- ano) paid
out as well, and tbe market would be flooded,i o
the utter exclusion of tbe genial greenback, so
(ar as State luods were concerned..-1 besame
thing would continue from year to year, od
infinitum. Ot a heavy tax of, say thirty mills,
would have lo be levied and the stuff retired.
Increasing ibe debt pro rata, lt tho stuff
could not be retired ou account ot the amend?
ment requiring a vote o? the people, then lt:
would have to be paid out or destroyed or
withdrawn in some other way. It such a
heavy tax was levied, as seems at this time
Inevitable, there would be such an ornery
about platform pledges and so forth tbat the.
administration would find the responsibility,'
together with the debt, more than it could
succ?s?fully carry before any constituency,
however loyal and subservient.
Now, does THE NEWS or any other Demo?,'
eratic organ mean to say ibat such a consum?
mation is not most devoutly wished lor by :
that cunning side of the house ?
Do they not boast that they bave, the'
money to buy up all this stuff at tbe lowest
price at which they can manipulate tbe mar?
ket '
Would they not hold tbe purse strings of,
this people, and bold In avise the great artery
that supplies the life b ood of the party iu this
state? Can any sane man doubt that their .
silence upon this Imminent flood ol bills re-,
receivable is ominous of the gathering storm
tbat will break npon the administration In tills
event? SM
We could carry this argument mach,
further and show the Inevitable loss, rain, litt-,
gallon, disaster, faction, murmuring and vio?
lence that will ensue, every item of which
will be laid with curses at the door of this
administration, bat this ls enoagh for this
artlole. _
Receipts per Railroad march Wt.
SOOTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
.429 bales cotton. 20 bales goods, 2 cars stocx.
To Railroad Agent, Pelter, Rodgers A co, w B
williams A Son, Fennlck A Talbot, PO Trenholm, '
W 0 Courtney A co, Wardlaw A Carew, Street'
Bros Jr oo. Geo W Williams A co, 0 Oraveley, R
M Butler A ison. D H Sd :i x. S K Marshall A co, S
QuacKenbuBh. Kstlll A co, W If Bird A co, J T
Kr * in, R H Pringle, P B Lalane A co, A J Salinas, .
W 0 Bee A co, O H Walter A co, sloan A Sieg
nions, Wagener, Moneees A co, E H Frost 4 co, !
J S .Robson. Mantoue A co.
NORTHS ASTXRN RAILROAD. ,
11 bales cotton, 257 bbls rosin, 28 bbls spirits,
turpentine, cara lumber, mdse, Ao.To j Graver'
Sc Bro, W A Kenyon, J E *dger A' co, Holmes,
ualder A co. P B Lalane A co. s R Mara?ad A GO? .
J Hinds, D H ?ilcox, M Schwartz, shackelford A
Kelly. DWG, A Diamond G O, G W Williams A co,
Jan McCall, Wm T White. U Triest, Bardia,
A Parker, E Diamond Q C. Wm M Bird A co, s
D Money, Trtntiolm A Son, F Klint wort h,, a
rierembal. B Robinson, E H frost A co, whiiden
A Jones. E Welling, N E R R Agent, P Walsh, '
F O'Neill, W K Ryan. B Boyd, J Bafcer, A J Salinas,
Kinsman A Howell, P F <'nale. J Meyer, S o Rail?
road Agent, SAC Ral read Agent, WO Bee A
co, colbert, Tovey A Glen, and others._
iflarmir.
ROWELL-CADTHKN.-At Camden, on the
25;h instant, by Rev. R. L. Harper, Mr. W.F.
RC BELL and MlssS. E. CAUTHSW.
WITTER-MBLLETT.-At Camden,03 the2ith
lestant, by Kev. Noah Graham, Mr. O. Wim?
ana Miss M. C. MELLETT._ \
if nu tr ai S o net?.
DOR?SE.- Died, at Charleston, 8. c., on Sith
Maren, 1873. MA. ANNE P. DcBOSE, daughter or
the late Henry W. Peronneao.
?ZS- THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
of Bev. and Mrs. W. P. DnBose, ot Mr. and Mw.
Wm. H. Peronneaa, and or Dr. and Mrs. H. w
DeSaussure, are respectfully Invited to attend
the Funeral Services or Mrs. DUB OSE. at Btv
Philip's Church, at l o'clock P. M., Tars DAT. -
mch28-* '_.
PB- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AUB
Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. JOHS O'BRiEr
are respectfully Invited to attend the Fanerai
Sei vices or tberormer, from his late residenoe,
No. 27 America street. TH DB (Friday) Amarome,
at a o'clock. _
tW THE FBTENDS AND ACQUAINT?
ANCES of Mr. and Mrs. AUG. F. CHRISTIE aro
respectfully invited to af end the Fanerai of the
former, at the Mariners' Church, THIS A?TXB
SOOM, 28th, at 4 o'clock. nen**